ASAP Flashcards
(3 cards)
MEANING BEHIND FESTE’S O MISSTRESS MINE SONG
The song advises against chasing fantasy — many characters are blinded by false love.
KEY LINES
Journeys end in lovers meeting,
Youth’s a stuff will not endure
rain raineth everyday
-hardships of everyday persist
-‘our play is done’ acknowledges the fleeting nature of performance
rain—a metaphor for trouble or fate—falls constantly. Trouble is constant.
come away death song
-criticises orisno’s excess melancholy
-reveals viola’S MELANCHOLY
-semantic feild of death
also reflects Orsino’s indulgent melancholia in this scene.
“Fly away, fly away, breath; / I am slain by a fair cruel maid.”
He blames a woman for his suffering, exaggerating romantic rejection to the point of “death.” There’s irony in how seriously he takes courtly love.